IMHO...If your tubes are more than a year old, they may be going bad. "Crackling" is the symptom that usuallly tips me to bad tubes in my pre-amp. The Cary has solid state rectification to my recollection, so probably the 6sn7's need replaced. I hope this helps. Happy Listening.
why the distorted sound?
I recently moved my system, and when I plugged it all back in, I seem to have a very distorted hiss and crackle over the music on both channels. The distortion increases with volume. I'm running an old pair of Manley monoblocks driven by a Cary slp-98. I switched my pre-amp tubes around, but it sounds exactly the same no matter what. I wouldn't think it was the amps because for both to fail in exactly the same way sounds dubious. I have moved my wires around as well, but to no avail. I am far from experienced with tubes so any suggestions would be highly appreciated. BTW, I live on a small island without any repair facility even close.
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I recently moved my system, and when I plugged it all back in, I seem to have a very distorted hiss and crackle over the music on both channels. The hissing is the Morlocks. You need to move your system back then when you turn it on again you can return, find Weena and live happily ever. |
Thank you all for your responses, much appreciated! I will order a quad of tubes and pray it's only that. When looking into the tops of the tubes everything seems ok, but what do I know?? Newbee-the noise does go away when the unit is muted and is present no matter where the selector is set. Also, I did run the amps for about 45 min with out the pre on when I re-biased after the move. Thanks again for the responses, I will let you know what happens next. -Coe |
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